x Wy Be OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT % NATIONAL HOUSING AUTHORITY NHA-MC-2015-0015, GUIDELINES FOR SITE SELECTION, SITE SUITABILITY, AND SITE PLANNING OF NHA HOUSING DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS 4.0 BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE This Memorandum Circular is issued as guidelines for the processes of Site selection, Site Suitability, and Site Planning in the implementation of various housing development programs and projects of the National Housing Authority These entail the selection an planning of sites for housing with the objective of rationalizing the land use of the NHA housing projects considering the many environmental and social issues on housing development vis-a-vis the existing government rules and regulations. 2.0 COVERAGE These guidelines shall cover all housing development projects of NHA, for urban of rural environment, and applicable for a range of densities in housing development, horizontal or vertical, occupied or vacant. Site selection process, however, may be skipped for sites proposed by other entities for consideration by NHA, but which shall still be subjected for review as to its suitability for housing and as to propriety of its site planning if conducted 3.0 FRAMEWORK The general parts of these guidelines are divided into three: 1) Site Selection, 2) Site Suitability, and 3) Site Planning and Detailed Architectural and Engineering Design, corresponding to the processes in preparing and planning any site for housing development. A framework showing relationships of the processes and the responsible units, deliverables, timeline and approval requirement is illustrated in the diagram below: "The guidelines are developed with the contributions from NH penaiipre participated in the Site Selection and Site Plenning workshop organized by HTDO in June 2018] and wir LorOONT ROEDLE aS ORY ffom the Environs Urban and Regional Planners and ftom Matth@w Doolan, an ‘Quezon Memorial Elisticl Read, Dilan, Quezon City 1100SITE SELECTION hs SITE SUITABILITY Guidelines for Site Selection, Site Suitabilty, and Site Planning of NHA Housing Development Projects Page 2 of 13 | SITE PLANNING [> AND DETAILED | ‘ABE DESIGN ave v Responsible | Regional Offices, Regional Offices, Regional Offices, Units: | Operating Units, Project Offices, Project Offices HTDO, CPO HTDO (if assistance is | requested) | | CIED (for appraisal of L | feasible sites upon request) | 5 | Deliverables: | Housing Sites Map |Site Inspection Report (SIR), | Site Development Plan | (HSM) Pre-Feasiblity Study (PFS) | with detailed A&E | (atleast 3-year term) with Conceptual Pan drawings, costing, and | technical specifications | Timeline Atleast 3 months before | a) SIR within 5 days from | Maximum of 6 months | | the start of the MTPDP date of inspection — | preparation; | | (2017-2022) and its ) PFS with Conceptual | Output completed by | midterm: | plan within 1’ month from target pre-procurement | (Updated every 3 years) date of submission of schedule of the project SIR ‘Approval | HSM for approval of GM | Project Proposal to proceed | GM approval prorto | Requirement | and for notation of the | with the detailed planning, | bidding andiot award NHA Board of Directors | design and budgetary | estimates to concerned | Regional Office Processes of Site Selection and Site Suitability are iterative in the sense that certain aspects of a location's suitability may have already been dealt with during the selection process, such as when specific sites are allocated by local government units as resettlement sites. In any case, site suitability analysis shall be conducted when a project is appropriated (i., targeted in the work program and with budget) for any site, which process shall include the accomplishment of a site inspection report and a pre-feasibility study with conceptual plan. On the other hand, Site Planning and Detailed Architectural and Engineering (A&E) Design process can be conducted only for sites that have been evaluated as suitable for housing, regardless of enhancements or mitigating measures that still need to bo undertaken prior to construction. 4.0 SITE SELECTION 4.1 The site selection process covers the identification of locations that are appropriate for housing development. It involves the urban and regional context analyses, with consideration of these factors a. Looking at sites in relation to densely built-up residential areas, commercial centers, and labor-intensive industrial facilities; b. Present and future transportation networks; c. Physical and social infrastructure networks; d. Vulnerability to geological and envir CONTROLLED COPY [79 -/u oe42 4.3 44 45 46 AT Guidelines for Site Selection, Site Suitability, and Site Planning of NHA Housing Development Projects Page 3 of 13 This is to be undertaken as a forward planning tool and done through Participatory means through consultation with the operating units and other stakeholders. The planning shall apply the principle of integration by aligning of the plans with other pertinent plans of the government. The objective is to undertake a purposive site selection, instead of being reactive to the escalating demand for housing under the NHA’s mandate. Responsible Units. The task of site selection shall be done through the collaboration of operating units with the Housing Technology Development Office (HTDO) and other units of the NHA who may submit inputs towards the selection of sites for housing, as may be required The HTDO shall issue the guidelines for the operating units and other NHA departments in the submission of prospective sites. It will be responsible for convening the responsible units in preparing the HSM, for consolidating the maps, for submitting it for approval of the General Manager and for notation by the NHA Board of Directors, and for causing the review and update of the map. The HTDO shall ensure that the map remains a useful reference at any time the NHA would require sites for housing Deliverable. The output of planning is a Housing Sites Map (HSM), which shall be the mapped out locations of housing sites for at least the next 3 years, identifying if not exact locations, the indicative areas within specific municipalities/cities whose urbanization capacities. can accommodate housing requirements of the population. This will be the Quiding reference for the annual work program and budget of NHA. It shall also be the reference for land banking if it will be pursued for future expansion, or for emergency-induced relocation (e.g., due to calamities or siege). It may be continuously updated subject to the usual and proper evaluation of any additional sites to be included. A longer term pian, say for the next 6 or up to 30 years, may be Programmed, provided this is supported by sound bases, or that the maps make reference to, and correspond to timeline of, approved long- term plans of the national government The resulting map shall as much as possible indicate the type of density that is most applicable for every selected site, Minimum data that shall be included for every site are the barangay on where it is located, ownership, land area, and zoning The HSM shall be approved by the General Manager prior to its adoption. Any subsequent addition to the approved sites in between updating period shall be subject to approval of the General Manager upon recommendation of HTDO. Timeline. There shall be an updated HSM shall coincide with the Medium Term Philip Development Plan (2G Docun irolienDate CONTROLLED copy